Apple CEO Steve Jobs got some flak for his call for DRM-free music a while back, with some people saying that it's for publicity and the like, but it looks like Apple is really gung-ho about going the DRM-free route.

According to MacRumors.com, the Cupertino-based company sent short notices to their iTunes partners yesterday to let them know that they would soon be able to offer DRM-free music music videos to customers through the iTunes service. Apple is currently gearing up for contract renegotiations with Here's a quote of what the notice reportedly says:

Many of you have reached out to iTunes to find out how you can make your songs available higher quality and DRM-free. Starting next month, iTunes will begin offering higher-quality, DRM-free music and DRM-free music videos to all customers.

Apple and EMI have already announced earlier this month that they would be distributing DRM-free EMI songs over iTunes. In one of our previous posts here on the QJ Apple blog, we also quoted Steve Jobs as saying that "a lot of people in the other music companies" are "very intrigued" with the idea, so we're guessing that it's only a matter of time until it becomes a widespread reality.